"Life is basketball and basketball is life" (Steve Nash). There are not too many people who would read this quote and it sparks an intimate reaction; I see this quote and my mind begins to race, my heart beats a little faster, my palms get sweaty and I get what some basketball players call "the itch". The itch is when a sudden urge to play basketball comes over you and you can’t shake it. You just have to get a ball in your hand. The addiction and over whelming passion that I have for the game is not something that can be quantified or summed up in words and this quote embodies that to me. The only other person I can even think of that comes close to sharing this emotion with me is my friend, my play brother, my partner in business, Ramon Meacham.

Me and Ramon met through the game of basketball and developed an immediate connection through the similarities in the way that we both played the game; the way we were so a like with the all out effort, never say die attitude and killer instinct on defense was uncanny. Over those high school years we built an unbreakable bond that continues to grow through college and as we move into adult hood. I started my college career at St. Mary's College of California while Ramon is currently a senior at Santa Clara University. Although we currently aren’t college athletes, from having the opportunity to walk on to division I programs at our respective colleges and currently working closely with college trainers and athletes, we know what is demanded of that level of an athlete. As well as what it takes to become that level of an athlete.

We have coached multiple youth basketball teams but more recently we are coaching a 7th & 8th grade AAU basketball team as well as working as coaches at multiple youth camps as far as our résumé’s in coaching are concerned. We have seen the ends and outs of developing talent and have a personal affection with the game of basketball; Taking this step of creating King of Kings Development is a means to give back to the game that has and continues to give to us as well as creating an opportunity to develop young talent in hopes to give them their best chance at success.

King Of Kings

Often kids grow up with dreams and aspirations in a multitude of respective sports, but far too often those kids don't have enough support for those dreams to withstand the ridicule, walls and barriers that life puts in front of them to detour them. As high school athletes in East Palo Alto, we know first hand the aggravation of having the will, drive and skill to be great and play at the next level and beyond if possible. As the saying goes, hindsight is 20/20 but being products of this vicious cycle we can now see the error in our ways. We want to use that knowledge to help kids that were in similar situations as us not travel the same roads as either of us athletically.

My partner and me played high school basketball together. Besides developing an extensive appetite for winning and being competitive during our high school playing days, we also developed a bond or brotherhood if you will. Together we share this passion to see young talent grow and prosper to its best. We want to see kids grow from good to great, great to elite and if their talent and will dictate such a development, become a king of kings. Our intention is not to fill these kids with false hopes about their talents nor to ask them to become something that they are not, but rather, we ask them to recognize and except what they truly are; our intention is to allow kids to become the best "them" that they possibly can. To be a "King of Kings" is to be the undisputed ruler of ones self and destiny; to be in total control of your path and define your own legacy.

We offer a helping hand in gaining that control and realizing those goals. King of Kings is here now and we have every intention of making a difference in the mindset of the athlete in the average sports arena; a difference in knowing the best and being the best. All it takes is becoming a king of kings..... Become royalty